Reel and bag support



Sept. 26, 1933- M. .1. HESS REEL AND BAG SUPPORT Filed June 10. 1932 6 M wy i U H a /r M A 1 m W W V Patented Sept. 26, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE REEL AND BAG SUPPORT Murray J. Hess, Omaha, Nebr.

Application June 10, 1932. Serial No. 616,546

4 Claims. (01. 68-11) This invention relates to a combined clothes line reel and bag support.

It is an object of the invention to provide means for suspending a clothes pin bag from a clothes line reel, and to suspend the latter from, and in such manner as to be moved longitudinallyoi a clothes line so that both the reel and the clothes pin bag may be shifted along the line from time to time during the operation of hanging clothes to be dried on the line.

Another object of the invention is to provide an economical construction of support which is adapted to function for the above stated purpose;

which is simple and easy of handling and operation; and which is adapted for the reeling and storage of a clothes line thereon at times when the line is not in use.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means for the storage of clothes pins whereby the latter will be kept in a sanitary condition when not in use, and may be readily available adjacent the hand of the user while hanging clothes to dry on a clothes line.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be understood from the following detailed description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the new device suspended in position for use from a clothes line, a portion of the latter being reeled upon the device and the clothes pin bag shown in an open position, and

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side view of the same.

Referring now to the drawing, 10 designates a pair of spaced flat bars disposed in parallel relation and having their opposite ends over turned toward the front side of the holder. The overturned ends of one bar 10 are connected to the corresponding ends of the other bar 10 by cross pieces 11 and 12. These cross pieces 11 and 12 may be integral with the ends of the bars 10, and preferably are flat and twisted on the ends of the bars 10 sufiiciently to present fiat faces outwardly between the overturned ends of the bars 10 to receive thereover coils 13 of rope, or the like, used as a clothes line. As the cross pieces 11 and 12 are connected across the overturned ends of the bars 10, the cross pieces are offset inwardly from the ends of the reel and provide projections at the ends of the cross pieces to retain the coils 13 thereon.

The bars 10 and cross pieces 11 and 12 may be 'Iconstructed of flat strap steel, of wire or of any other suitable material or combination thereof.

The combined bag support and reel has a pair of upper end hooks 16 which are spaced apart and 7 adapted to engage a clothes line for suspending the device therefrom, and for holding the device from swinging in an edgewise direction. The device also has a pair of lower bag supporting hooks 17 which are spaced apart at the lower end of the body portion.

The hooks 16 and 17 are disposed at the back of the device or bars 10 and may comprise the overturned ends of straps or bars 18 suitably secured against the rear sides of the bars 10 to reinforce them and leave free the opposite inset ends of the reel. The lower hooks 1'7 are preferably offset inwardly from the lower end of the body portion 10 so that the latter may project into a bag and hold it spread open or distended to facilitate withdrawal and deposit of clothes pins from and into the bag. As the lower cross iece 12 of the reel is inset from the end of the device it leaves the open mouth of the bag free and unobstructed for the passage of the hands and the clothes pins.

The entire device may thus be made of rust proof material or of other suitable material covered with a galvanized coating.

To cooperate with the device, a bag 19 is employed and which has eyelets or rings 20 near its mouth and spaced apart in one side of the bag. These eyelets 20 detachably engage over the lower hooks 17 and with the lower overturned extremities of the bars 10 projecting down into the mouth of the bag to hold it open.

The bag 19 is preferably constructed of cloth or other flexible material and may be provided with a draw string 21 threaded through a hem 22 formed at the mouth of the bag so that the bag 19 may be closed when detached from the hooks 17.

In operation the clothes line 23 is first stretched an adequate distance above the ground and supported by means of poles or buildings, not shown, in a well-known manner, the line being unreeled from the cross pieces 11 and 12; whereupon the reel is slidably suspended upon the stretched clothes line 23 by means of the upper hooks 16. The bag 19 is now attached to the reel by means of the lower hooks 17. It is obvious that the reel and bag may now be slid or moved transversely along the clothes line 23 during the work of hanging clothes and removing the pins from the bag, also similarly moved during the removal of the clothes and the storage of the pins within the bag 19.

The user after hanging a garment, sheet or the like upon the line 23 may shift the device longitudinally thereof as the line 23 is filled with clothes, and it will be noted that during this time clothes pins within the bag 19 are readily accessible to the users hand.

When the clothes are dried and ready to be removed from the line the clothes pin bag 19 and clothes line reel, if not already supported on the line, may be readily placed thereon as shown in Figure 1, and as the clothes pins are removed from the clothes the said pins may be readily thrown into the clothes pin bag and the latter is slid longitudinally of the line as the work proceeds. When the clothes are all removed the bag may be readily detached from the hooks l'land closed by means of the draw strings and carried in the house. The clothes line 23 may be taken down and conveniently wound on the reelover the cross pieces 11 and 12 and between the overturned opposite ends of the bars 10. 1 1

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that-areel and bag supportconstructed in accordance with my invention isparti'cularly' well adapted for use by reason of the convenienceand facility-with which it may be constructed and usedgeind it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departingfrom the principles and spirit thereof, and-for this reason 30.lI do not wish -tolimit myself to the precise ar ""rangement and formation ofthe several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as claimed;

What is claimed is: V V

-: 1. A combination clothes line and clothes pin bag support, comprising a pair of side bars spaced apart and having their opposite ends overturned and interconnected together by integral cross pieces to-provide a reel upon which a 40. :clothes line may be coiled, a pair of clothes line hooks carried upon' the upper ends of said bars and overturned therefrom in a direction opposite to that of-the ad'jacent'overturned ends of the bars for suspending the reel upon a clothes line, a pair-of bag supporting hooks carried upon the lower ends of said side bars and upturned therefrom in a direction opposite to that of the adjacent overturned ends of the bars and being spaced upwardly from said overturned ends, and 0. a bag-having eyelets at one side and at its upper "end to engage over said-hooks for supporting the bag with the lower ends of said side bars pro jecting downwardly into the mouth of the bag to hold the same in open position.

2. A device as specified comprising a pair of flat bars having integral cross pieces at their opposite ends and said bars being overturned adjacent said cross pieces to provide a reel upon which a clothes line may be coiled, a second pair of bars secured to the first pair of bars and having their opposite ends overturned to provide a pair of clothes line engaging hooks at the upper ends of the bars and a pair of bag engaging hooks at the lower ends of the bars, and a bag having eyelets at one side and adjacent its mouth for engagement with said lower hooks to suspend the bag from the reel, the lower overturned ends of said first bars projecting downwardly for engagement-in'the mouth of the bag.

3. -A reel and bag support comprising a pair of substantially parallel bars having integral cross pieces extending across each pair of corresponding ends, each of said pairs of ends being overturned and bent back toward the opposite pair of ends to provide between the bars a reel upon' which a clothes line may be coiled, a bar secured to 'each of said first named bars and parallel thereto, the ends of eachof the second named bars being overturned out of the common plane of said" bars and bent back toward the opposite end to provide hooks, and a bag having eyelets at one side of its mouth in engagement with one pair of said hooks to suspend the bag therefrom, the corresponding overturned ends of said first pair of bars projecting beyond said last mentioned pair of hooks for holding the mouth of the bag distended.

4. A combined reel and bag support comprising a pair of flat bars provided with cross pieces joining the transversely registering ends of the' bars to hold the same in spaced relation and the end portions of the bars with the cross pieces being overturned toward one side of the bars to provide a support for coils of a clothes line 'and withoutwardly projecting portions for retaining the coils on the cross bars, and a second set of bars secured to the opposite sides of the first bars but being of less length than the first bars, said second said bars having their ends overturned to provide spaced hooks for engagement over a clothes line at one end of the bars and for receiving the mouth of a bag thereover near the other end of the bars.

MURRAY J. HESS. 

